[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 243 (Monday, December 22, 2025)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 59784-59785]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23625]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 25
[SB Docket No. 25-305; DA 25-1060; FR ID 322962]
Space Bureau Extends Comment and Reply Comment Deadlines for
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding Facilitating More Intensive Use
of Upper Microwave Spectrum
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In the document, the Space Bureau extends the comment and
reply comment deadlines for the Facilitating More Intensive Use of
Upper Microwave Spectrum Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in SB Docket No.
25-305, FCC 25-70, that was released on October 29, 2025 and published
in the Federal Register on December 3, 2025.
DATES: The comment deadline for the proposed rule published December 3,
2025, at 90 FR 55702 is extended to January 20, 2026, and the extended
reply comment deadline is February 18, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Pursuant to Sec. Sec. 1.415 and 1.419 of the Commission's
rules, 47 CFR 1.415, 1.419, interested parties may file comments and
reply comments on or before the dates indicated on the first page of
this document. Comments may be filed using the Commission's Electronic
Comment Filing System (ECFS). You may submit comments, identified by SB
Docket No. 25-305, by any of the following methods:
Electronic Filers: Comments may be filed electronically
using the internet by accessing the ECFS: https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs.
Paper Filers: Parties who choose to file by paper must
file an original and one copy of each filing.
Filings can be sent by hand or messenger delivery, by
commercial courier, or by the U.S. Postal Service. All filings must be
addressed to the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission.
Hand-delivered or messenger-delivered paper filings for
the Commission's Secretary are accepted between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
by the FCC's mailing contractor at 9050 Junction Drive, Annapolis
Junction, MD 20701. All hand deliveries must be held together with
rubber bands or fasteners. Any envelopes and boxes must be disposed of
before entering the building.
Commercial courier deliveries (any deliveries not by the
U.S. Postal Service) must be sent to 9050 Junction Drive,
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Annapolis Junction, MD 20701. Filings sent by U.S. Postal Service
First-Class Mail, Priority Mail, and Priority Mail Express must be sent
to 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554.
People with Disabilities: To request materials in
accessible formats for people with disabilities (braille, large print,
electronic files, audio format), send an email to [email protected] or
call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jake Riehm, 202-418-2166,
[email protected] or Kerry Murray, 202-418-0734, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's
document (Public Notice), in SB Docket No. 25-305, DA 25-1060, released
December 16, 2025. The document is available for public inspection
online at https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-25-1060A1.pdf. The
document is also available for inspection and copying during business
hours in the FCC Reference Center, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC
20554.
Synopsis
1. In the document, the Space Bureau extends the deadlines for
filing comments and reply comments for the Facilitating More Intensive
Use of Upper Microwave Spectrum Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (UMFUS
NPRM) in SB Docket No. 25-305 to January 20, 2026 and February 18,
2026, respectively.
2. On October 29, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission
(Commission) released the UMFUS NPRM seeking comment on section 25.136
of the Commission's rules, which governs spectrum sharing between the
terrestrial Upper Microwave Flexible Use Service and the Fixed
Satellite Service. The UMFUS NPRM specified that comments and reply
comments would be due 30 and 60 days after Federal Register
publication. That publication occurred on December 3, 2025, announcing
a comment filing deadline of January 2, 2026 and a reply comment date
of February 2, 2026.
3. On December 11, 2025, CTIA requested extension of the comment
and reply comment filing deadlines until January 20, 2026 and February
18, 2026. In its request, CTIA begins by noting that the issues in the
UMFUS NPRM are complex and intersect with proposals contained in the
simultaneously-adopted Notice of Proposed Rulemaking addressing Space
Modernization (Modernization NPRM), which has a comment deadline of
January 20, 2026 and a reply comment deadline of February 18, 2026.
CTIA argues that that alignment of the pleading cycles for the UMFUS
NPRM and the Modernization NPRM would allow commenters to provide
integrated, consistent, and nonduplicative analyses in both
proceedings, as well as a more fulsome record for the Commission to
review. CTIA also argues that the brief extension requested would not
harm any other party in this proceeding, alter any substantive rights,
or prejudice any participant. Finally, CTIA states that the requested
deadline changes--extending the comment window by less than three weeks
and the reply comment window by just over two weeks--would not cause
significant delay or impede Commission consideration or timelines, as
the new dates align with already-established dates for the
Modernization NPRM.
4. As set forth in Sec. 1.46(a) of the Commission's rules, the
Commission's policy is that extensions of time shall not be routinely
granted. The Space Bureau finds, however, that CTIA has provided
sufficient justification to warrant grant of their requested extension.
An extension would enable interested parties to present more complete
comments to the Commission, and the Space Bureau agrees with CTIA that
the extension should not disadvantage any party or cause significant
delay in the resolution of this proceeding.
Federal Communications Commission.
Kerry Murray,
Deputy Chief and Chief of Staff, Space Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2025-23625 Filed 12-19-25; 8:45 am]
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